Mozilla prides itself on being held to a different standard and, this past week, we didn't live up to it. We know why people are hurt and angry, and they are right: it's because we haven't stayed true to ourselves.

We didn’t act like you'd expect Mozilla to act. We didn't move fast enough to engage with people once the controversy started. We're sorry. We must do better.

AS much as I think prop 8 was in the wrong - democracy is about process. It wasn't clear that prop 8 was illegal at the time (if it was, it couldn't make it on the ballot). In this case, the democratic process actually worked out (unusual in the US) and the correct conclusion was reached at the end.

IMHO, what he should say now, if he was savvy enough, is that he had an opinion, fulfilled his civic duty, democracy did it's thing, and showed him how he got it wrong.

His mistake is not being savvy enough to figure out what to say about it. Having a CEO that can't figure this out doesn't bode well for a political institution like Mozilla. Stepping down was the right thing to do.